Hillbilly Gospel 1948-1958

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 10, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Flyright Records
• ASIN: B00005K3QM
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #476,026 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. What You Gonna Do (When The Stars Start Falling) - Calvary Quartet

2. Ain't No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down - Caudill Family

3. There Is Only One - Four Leaf Clover Quartet

4. Peace Like A River - Rebels Quartet

5. Do Lord - Deep South Quartet

6. Shake His Hand - Peanut Faircloth

7. Jesus Hold My Hand - Bill Porter & Howard Seratt

8. The Downward Road - Curt & Faye Bartmess

9. When The Wrath Of God Comes Down - Ernest Martin & His Gospel Melody Makers

10. The Golden Rule - Ernest Martin & His Gospel Melody Makers

11. Jesus, The Light Of The World - Battle Mountain Boys

12. Matthew 24 - Turner Brothers (Red & Lige)

13. We Will Know - Roy Lanham And His Gospel Quartet

14. Gonna Row My Boat - Alton Delmore & The Browns Ferry Four

15. Set Your Watch - Curt & Faye Bartmess

16. God Can Do Without Your Service - Campbell Trio

17. If I Could Just Make It In - Joe Franklin 'The Friendly Farmboy'

18. I'm A Millionaire - Tennessee Harmony Boys

19. Plant Some Flowers On My Grave - AlsaBrook Quartet

20. I Want My Life To Count For Jesus - Johnny & Jimmy

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

24 track grassroots collection edges into country, bluegrass & folk. Nothing slick here - just a slew of songs from folks who have been 'saved'. Features Calvery Quartet, Caudill Family, Four Leaf Clover Quartet, Peanut Faircloth, Ernest Martin, Battle Mountain Boys, Tennessee Harmony Boys, Blue Ridge Quartet, Campbell Trio & others.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Apologies to my son...but I LOVE THIS CD, July 24, 2004

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Linda - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hillbilly Gospel 1948-1958 (Audio CD)

I drove (quite literally---a lot of it was in the car) my son crazy from the ages of 12 to 16 playing this CD constantly. I could not stop listening to it. It will haunt him the rest of his life. And I will love it forever. Do not say you do not like gospel or would not buy hillbilly music or hate Jesus. Do not say it is not something you would ever listen to because you are too cool. This is one of the coolest CDs ever. Just buy it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent anthology of non-mainstream recordings, December 12, 2003

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M. J. Smith (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hillbilly Gospel 1948-1958 (Audio CD)

This excellent collection is drawn from small labels recording Southern white, mainly rural, Gospel music 1948-1958. The music includes a broad spectrum of musical styles. It is unfortunate that the track list above does not include the performer names. They are (in sequence) Calvary Quartet; Caudill Family; Four Leaf Clover Quartet; Rebels Quartet; Deep South Quartet; Peanut Faircloth with The Log Cabin Boys; Bill Port & Howard Seratt; two by Ernest Martin & His Gospel Melody Makers; Battle Mountain Boys; Turner Brothers (Red & Lige); Roy Lanham and his Gospel Quartet; Alton Delmore & The Browns Ferry Four; Curt & Faye Bartmess; Campbell Trio with Jerry Tuttle; Joe Franklin "The Friendly Farmboy"; Tennessee Harmony Boys; Alsa Brook Quartet; Johnny & Jimmy; Musical Lewis Family; Les & Helen Tussey & The Golden Hill Boys; Bille & Gordon Hamrick; and Blue Ridge Quartet.

My personal favorite cut is the guitar / harmonica arrangement of "Jesus Hold My Hand." However, this album doesn't divide into good and bad cuts - rather it divides into uncommon and common renditions. For example "Do Lord" is an excellent rendition, but one would expect to be able to find similar renditions by groups contemporary to this recording. That is the worst that can be said of any of these cuts.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Leave it to the British to get it right . . ., May 16, 2002

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Elmer Sigmon - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hillbilly Gospel 1948-1958 (Audio CD)

For some reason many of the finest collections of American rural music come from overseas, and this one is no exception. Hillbilly Gospel is a fantastic collection of obscure gems - the sound quality is good & the performances are all first rate, the liner notes are great and there are 24 tracks. Curt & Faye Bartmess' version of "The Downward Road" alone is worth the price!